Ship lists of
Emigrants who arrived in

Philadelphia from 1727 to 1800.

Seiler / Saylor, etc who are named in the Ship lists of
Philadelphia
The ship lists are a major resource in identifying German speaking emmigrants to America. Up till now the
best transcriptions of those lists has been the
excellent book, Pennsylvania German
Pioneers, Ralph
Beaver Strassburger and edited by William John Hinke, 1934, 2 Vols,
Reprinted
Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 and 1975 [TRL 325.748
S76]. This book will be referred to as Strassburger and Hinke. The 1934 volume is available on line at this link.Strassburger and Hinke describe three types of original sources of information involving the Philadelphia ship lists.
A list - "Captain's list", a passenger list prepared by the ships Captain.
B list - Oath of Allegiance to the King.
C list - Oath of Abjuration from the Pope.

The transcriptions below of Seiler/Sailor references come from Strassburger and Hinke. Up to three names are given,
in the order of lists A, B and C. Note that the
spelling of names can vary between the lists. The word "none"
means
the list did not survive for that ship.

The original ship lists and microfilms are held at the Pennsylvania
State Archives in Harrisburg, PA. See a description of series #26.36 on this web page - about 1/3 down the page. Series RG-26.36 is titled Ships' Lists of German Passengers, 1727-1808 and on films #4229-4231.

The famous book, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand
Names of
German, Swiss, Dutch, French And Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from
1727 to 1776, Daniel I Rupp, published in 1876 has been superseded by the above work.

Seiler, etc as named on the ship lists of
Philadelphia
Information below is from Strassburger and Hinke.

Initials
and marks of persons who could not write have been enclosed in round
brackets ( ), to distinguish them from the signature made by the
clerk.
All entries, except the last 2 are from Volume 1.

List A, C; p. 274-276
23 Sept 1740, from Rotterdam
by way of
Cowes, on
a list of Palatines and
Swiss males over 16, on the ship Friendship.
Hans Sailer, none, Johannes (S) Seiller, [Note: Hans Seiler was manumitted in March 1740 with others on this ship.]